BrianS
Sat Sep 04 15:12:27 CDT 2004
I have never been that cold with my staff but I do tell them that you should
be promoting yourself not just for your present job but also future ones.
You never know when you may be back looking for a job for whatever reason
and one of my obligations I feel is to make sure my staff is prepared for
that whether it be due to lay-offs or them needing to make a change. It is
certainly much easier to get certs when you are employed and have to work
with the technology rather than relying on a home network. A home network
is good but nothing beats the real thing.
"SteveB" <swb_mct@msn.com> wrote in message
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>A friend works at a major national health club chain. A new IT director
>came in and gave everyone 6 months to reach a certain certification level
>in MS or Cisco.
>
> Some new guys were hired and some current employees were let let go after
> 6 months.
>
> Some companies have planned salary increases for specific certs.
>
> The exams are a lot of work . . . your work experience will get you about
> 1/4 to 1/2 the way there. The rest of it is stuff that most admins have
> never used. I teach the stuff and it takes me about 40 hours to prep for
> an exam even after a year of work with systems being covered by the exam.
>
> Steveb
> mcsa, mcse, mct, ciw
>
> "Daniel" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:603001c492a4$1349ec00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have been the network admin. for my company for over 3
>> years. Now my peers think that I need to grab some certs
>> for job security and better pay. I don't have any certs at
>> this time and never really gave it much thought til now.
>> Is it that important?
>
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